Ventilator



Jan. 22 y 1924- w. EQ WINE VENTILATOR Filed July 19',

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 2150 JO 2JA W. E. WINE VENT ILATOR 1922 2- sheets-sheet 2 Filed July 19 d 6 M I n 6 2 Patented Jan. 22, 1924.

UNITED STATES 1,481,658 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. WINE, oF TOLEDO. oHIo.

VENTILATOR.

Application led July 19, 1922. Serial No. 575,923.

morev especially t ventilators which aredesigned to be installed in freight cars having the steel ends.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a ventilator comprisin a frame made up of four pieces, each ofsai pieces' being provided with a front and rear fiange which are designedto respectively register when the frame is assembled, each of said ieces, also, being provided with certain en flanges which abut when the frame is assembled so that the frame may be quick ly riveted to form substantially a unitary structure.

Still another object of theV invention is to provide a ventilator comprising a frame (which is designed to be easily riveted to the steel end of the freight car) in which there are cross pieces, to form a plurality Aof openings, in which openings are placed a plurality of shutters which may be readilyop erated; the formation of the openings .being such that it will be impossible for rain or snow to enter through the ventilators.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain new'and novel arrangements and combination of parts, which 4will be vhereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring nowto the drawings showing a preferred embodimentof the invention,

F ig. 1 -is a view in elevation showing the ventilator installed in a freight ear having a steel end. i

Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken just above the bottom rail of the ventilator with the shutters removed for the sake of clearness.

Fi 3 is a vertical sectional view showing the s utters of the ventilator in their closed position. y

Fig. 4 is a similar view with the shutters shown in their open position. v

Fig. 5 is a sect1onal view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective of one of the shutters.

Referring now more in detail to the several views, there is shown fragmentarily an upper central section of a steel end 1` provided with the usual corrugations 2 and 3, the

`plane surface being cut out for the reception of the ventilator 4.

In most freight cars havingr steel ends a l similar lower section is provided in which there will likewise be inserted a ventilator.

Referring now to the ventilator, it will be seen that it. comprises a frame 5,' which is made up of the upper and lower rails 6 and 7 respectively. and the side pieces 8 and 9.

This frame may be malleable iron or steel and is preferably provided with a flange 10 along its front edge and a flan e 11 along its rear edge; that is, each of t e four parts of the frame are provided with these flanges which register when the frame is-assembled.

To form abutting fastening surfaces for the'several parts of the'frame, the upper and lower rails- 6 and 7 are provided with the end pieces l2 while the side rails have the Hanged portions 13 which will be tightly riveted to the aforementioned ends 12 as may be seen in the several views.

The flange 10 on the outer portion ofthe frame may be scalloped for lightness and the rivets will be passed throuvh this flange and throughthe edges around the opening of the steel end 1 so that the ventilator will be tightly held in place. In Figs. 3 and4, are shown the cross beams 14 of the end of the car together with the inner sheathing 15, the ventilator fitting snugly between the cross beams and abutting against this inner sheathing 15.

The several pieces'of the frame may also be braced orstrengthened bv the fianges 16 shown in the dott-ed lines' of Fig. l.

As far as the specification has proceeded, it will be seen that the frame is one that may be quickly and readily assembled, is extremely rigid and is especiallv designed to be placed behind a steel end' and riveted thereto.

Still referring to the frame, and now more especially to the side rails 8 and 9, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, they are each provided on their inner surface with the pairs of arcuate guides 17 for the ends of the shutters 20 and radially disposed U-shaped bearings 18 for the reception of the pintles 19 of the shutters.

Extending across the ventilator are the divisional strips 21 which have the T-shaped fianges 22 at their upper extremities and the the upper flange 25 and the lower flange 26,

the ends being provided with the pintles 19, heretofore referred to, to rest in the bearin s 18.

eferring for a moment to the upper rail 6, it will be seen that it is provided with a U-shaped flange 27 so that the flange 25- of the upper shutter will abut against the same when theshutter is in its closed position, and

vthe flange 25 of the other shutters will abut against the yU-shaped abutments 23 of the divisional strips 2l, as clearly shown in laced centrally of the ventilator, and in a vertical position is the arm 28 having the openings 29 therein for the reception of cotter pins which are also designed to pass through the opening in the lugs 30 formed to the rear and centrally of each shutter. The operation, therefore, of this arm 28, will open and close all of the shutters simultaneously. The shutters will be guided,

or held 'from excessive vibration by the arcuate tracks 17 which enclose the ends of the shutters 20, as heretofore mentioned.

A lug 31 is also provided centrally of the lower cross piece.22 and a lug 32 is formed -on the arm 28 so that the shutters may be sealed in their open position, as shown in Fig. 4, or may be sealed in their closed position, as shown in Fig. 3, by passing the seal around the armf 28 and through the Vhen the shutters are in their open position as shown in Fig. 4, it will be impossible for any rain to enter the car as the shutters will deflect the same, and as the cross pieces 22 are angularly disposed, no rain can blow through the ventilator into the car.

A netting 33 may be bolted across the front of the ventilator, if desired, to keep out birds or insects.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a ventilator which may be quickly and ieadily assembled, and which may be easily installed ina freight car having steel ends, it necessitating simply the cuttin out of the steel end to a correct size and riveting the flange of the ventilator thereto. I

It will .also be seen th'at I have provided a ventilator which is very rigid in construction, relatively light in weight, may be quickly and readily assembled and relatively cheap to manufacture.

- Many slight changes might be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim- 1. A ventilator comprising a frame consisting of two side pieces and an upper and lower rail, upright spaced flanges formed on said upper rail and downwardly extending spaced flanges formed on said lower rail, .said side pieces provided with outwardly extending spaced flanges and the said flanges of the several parts registering when said frame is assembled, said side pieces also provided with flanges near their ends to be secured to the end pieces of the upper and lower rails.

2. A ventilator comprising a frame consisting of an upper and lower rail and two side pieces, all of said pieces provided with a front and rear flange which register when said frame is assembled, and the front flange on the upper rail, and the front flange on thel lower rail being greater in depth than the rear flanges on the u per and lower rails, further flan es forme at the upper and lower ends o said side pieces and on their inner surfaces, and secured to the ends of the upper and lower rails.

3. A ventilator comprising a frame formed of ain upper and lower rail and two side pieces,y all of said pieces provided with a front and rear flange which respectively register when said frame is assembled, further flanges formed at the upper and lower ends of said side pieces Land on their inner surfaces and adapted to be secured to the ends of the upper and lower rails, means extending across the ventilator to provide angular passageways, and add rigidity to the frame.

In testimony whereof I aflix my f WILLIAM WINE. 

